News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Subsidies and other price support mechanisms for unhealthy ingredients should be scrapped and laws should be introduced to regulate the marketing of unhealthy food to children, according to research published by the World Bank.
The European Commission is launching a public consultation on how Europe’s food supply chain can be made “fairer”.
R&D
Jackfruit seeds are a waste product that can be fermented, roasted and converted to flour imparting a chocolate aroma, according to research.
Colour pigments used as natural colorants in the food industry may help boost crop disease resistance as researchers find a way to produce enhanced versions with a favourable ingredient profile.
Dutch nutritional powders company Prinsen Food Group is expanding its product portfolio to become a “one-stop-shop” for active nutrition following the acquisition of German protein bar manufacturer Gustav Berning.
A consultation has been launched for Comeragh Mountain Lamb to be granted Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status from the EU.
The French cattle industry has signed a deal that will see it receive genetics from a UK breed.
The UK government has said it wants to reach a deal that will see “no hard border in the movement of goods” between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland following the country’s exit from the European Union.